"grawl" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grawls [plural]
Etymology: Back-formation from grawls, a variant of graulse, mistaken as a plural. Ultimately, graulse is a variant of English grilse. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|grawls}} Back-formation from grawls, {{cog|en|grilse}} English grilse Head templates: {{en-noun}} grawl (plural grawls)
  1. (Scotland, Ireland) A young salmon; grilse Tags: Ireland, Scotland Categories (lifeform): Salmonids Synonyms: graul, grall, graulse [Scotland]

Inflected forms

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